"It is an honor to have Dr. Desai's work recognized," saysKisha Hawthorne, MHA, MBA, FACHE, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Information Services at CHOP. "He and his team have taken on the challenge of better connecting our patients, doctors, and the CHOP Care Network through technology and innovations in telemedicine."

Under the direction of CHOP's president and CEOMadeline Bell, Dr. Desai helped create the Hospital's new Digital Health Program. The Program is organized into four overarching themes:

Care Anywhere: allowing clinicians to use telemedicine and personal devices to connect directly with patients.

Engage and Connect: rethinking how clinical teams connect with patient families and focusing on motivating healthcare teams to collaborate.

Research Excellence: improving cohort identification, enhancing research enrollment, and creating new methods for data collection and measuring clinical effectiveness.